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Steve Stevens Recommends Listening to These Five Guitar Solos
By Guitar Player Staff published
The Billy Idol guitarist names his top five lesser-known favorites.

Watch Eric Clapton Playing a ’Burst in Some of Cream’s Earliest Footage from 1966
By Rod Brakes published
Video Before moving to an SG Standard this Holy Grail Gibson was the guitar prodigy’s main squeeze.

The Epiphone Alex Lifeson Les Paul Axcess Standard Delivers a Whole Lotta Bang for the Buck
By Jimmy Leslie published
Super tonal versatility and wonderful playability for under a grand.

Mark Knopfler’s Favorite Studio Guitars
By Jamie Dickson published
6 of the Dire Straits legend's axes of choice.

Billy F. Gibbons Reveals How Jeff Beck Helped ZZ Top Score the First 110-volt Marshalls in America
By Richard Bienstock published
The ‘Burst-toting frontman tells the curious tale of the opening track from ‘ZZ Top's First Album.’

Watch Paul Kossoff Playing his Favorite ‘Burst (When He Gets It Working!)
By Rod Brakes last updated
Video A huge festival audience. The peak of your career. And a broken cable. It’s the kind of scenario guitar players have nightmares about.

Rick Nielsen on Cheap Trick's Musical Course, Love of the Sex Pistols and Winning Geddy Lee's '59 Les Paul Standard at Auction
By Tom Beaujour published
Nielsen unpacks the tones behind Cheap Trick's new album and confesses he is yet to get a handle on his gear addiction.

Watch Les Paul Give Ignorant Guitarist His Comeuppance
By Rod Brakes published
VIDEO Remembering the great Les Paul with fondness (and a beer).
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